The Effects of Career Origins on Subsequent Socioeconomic Attainments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2362724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald D''Amico, Ronald Dʼamico (The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Ronald D'Amico (The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-350 |
| Publication date | 1985-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work and Occupations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0730888485012003005 |
| OpenAlex | W2159436778 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
The fundamental contention of this article is that the institutional environment encompassing a worker's career origins has important and long-lasting effects on subsequent career developments. Empirically, we demonstrate that industry of first job after school is a significant and strong predictor of earnings and occupational SEI for workers late in their careers. This finding holds despite controls for a number of relevant human capital and other variables, including current job industry. The final section of this article explores the ways in which organizational structures of first jobs exert their effects and finds that first job industry growth rates and product market characteristics are important predictors of subsequent earnings. In conclusion, we argue that these results support the relevance of institutional environments in shaping long-term career developments, but that the ways in which institutions affect careers are complex and only poorly understood
Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Human capital · Labour economics · Political science · Product market · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Accounting
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |